Belt guide and shifter.



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BBLT GUIDE AND S'HIPTBR.

APPLICATION PILEDNOY. 2190'3.

N0 MODEL.

A TTOHNE vS w/rNEssEs.'

No. 7e1,545.

UNITED STATES l Patented si, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLTAM i?. VRUTH AND wrLsON'H. JONES, OE DOWNS, KANSAS.

'y BELT GUIDE AND SHIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 761,545, dated 'May 31, 1904. Y. l i Application filed Ilovembe'r 2,1903. vSerial No. 179,426. V(No model.) A .I

1b all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that we,WILLIAM P. Ru'rH and WILSON H. JONES, lcitizens of the United States, and residents of Downs, inthe county of Osborne and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Guides and Shifters, of which the following .l

This specification is a specific description of one form of theinvention, while the claims dene the precise scope of the invention.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this speciication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the iigures.

Figure l isa side elevation of the invention in use. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the invention.

In the drawings, a indicates the traction or agricultural engine boiler, and b the drivingwheel of the engine. A bracket c of any suitable form is fastened securely tothe side of the boiler forward of the band-wheel b, and to this bracket is adjustably connected the support al on the belt-shifter, said support being held when in operation in horizontal position. The outer portion of the support d is formed with guides d, extending longitudinally of the support and transversely of the engine, and on the support to move in the guides is mounted a slide formed of two parts f and f, hingedly connected together and carrying, respectively, the vertically-disposed rollers f2, between vwhich rollers the belt is adapted*V to run and by which the belt is guided.

and having connection with a rod z', which eX- tends rearward to a device e" at the rear end of the engine, by which device the rod e' is held adjustably in any position desired.

When the device is used as .a belt guide or holder, it is placed in the position shown in.

Fig. l and by full lines in Fig. 2, the lower run of the belt then passing between the rollers fz-and beingguided thereby. The slide l is held frombeing shifted by means of the device .71', Which may be of any sort desired. As shown, suoli device consists of a hand-lever having a thumb-latch designed to cooperate with a segment-rack 2. When it is desired to shift the belt to throw it from the bandwheel, the rod e' is operated to throw the slide out into theposition indicated by the broken lines in Fig. 2. The outer part f of the slide as soon as it passes beyondthe support d will drop into the vertical position indicated by broken lines in Fig. 2. The roller f2 of the inner part of the slide will meanwhile have carried the belt laterally and moved it off from the band-pulley, and as the outer part of the slide drops it allows the belt to fall -alongside of the engine.

Y Various changes in the form, proportions, and minor details of our invention may be resorted to without departing from the spirit selves entitled tol `all such variations as may lie within the scope of the claims.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination of a support, a jointed slide mounted thereon, a guiding device carried on each joint of the slide, and means for operating the slide.

2.v The combination of a support, a jointed slide. mounted thereon, a guiding device on each joint of the slide, a link connected with the slide, an elbowelever in connection with the link, and means for operating the elbowlever.

l 3. The combination o f a support, having guideways extending longitudinally thereon, a slide mounted in the guideways and comprising two hingedly-connected' sections, and

Hence we consider oura guiding device carried on each section of names to this specification in the presence of the slide. two subscribing Witnesses.

4. The combination of a supporting mem- WILLIAM P. RUTH. ber, a jointed slide arranged to move on and WILSON H. JONES. 5 partly beyond the same, and a guide device Titnessesf attached to each joint of the guide. J W. COUGHENOUR,

In testimony whereof We have signed our C. H. VVAL'IERS. 

